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Pericles
Pericles, detail of a marble herm; in the Vatican Museum.
Pericles was born into the Athenian aristocracy to the following parents:
- Father: Xanthippus, a member of an old family who was a prominent political and military figure, notably commanding the Athenian force at the Battle of Mycale in 479 BCE.12
- Mother: Agariste, who belonged to the influential and controversial Alcmaeonid family.12